I was fortunate enough to start watching tennis around 1995 when I was around 6 years old. First tournament I watched was '95 Wimbledon. Can't remember the first actual match I watched, but I remember the final as clear as day- Sampras vs Becker. I remember well being close to tears when Pete went down 7-6 in the first set (early day glory hunting), but his serve improved and he strolled on to the win.

Good times.. anyway, the '90s.

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I`m not sure if I`d answered this question before but I started watching tennis with my grandfather on the mid 70ties and he took me to my first tennis classes at 6 years old
I remember watching matches between Vilas, Mc Enroe and Borg and everything in Argentina was all about Vilas on those days. But I liked much more Borg () and I tended to play a two handed backhand. It was really weird down under here seeing somebody hitting a two handed backhand on those days but it`s still on these days my best stroke

I was born in 88, so I started watching matches in the mid/late nineties.

I want to say my first complete grand slam match I watched, was Agassi/Sampras U.S. Open 4 setter where Sampras took it. I wasn't a fan of either, but watched it solely because my parents were watching it that weekend.

I remember making fun of the runner's trophy because it looked like a dish someone can eat out of LMAO.

A few years later I started getting into watching matches consistently, and started watching Federer's matches along with random players. I think around 2001 I became a Federer fan, and have been a fan ever since, although I like following other top tier players.

I started early 90s with Sergi Bruguera but then lost interest afterwards. But I remember being a fan of McEnroe when I was very little.
Started watching properly in 2008 when i discovered Novak Djokovic.

That's quite some distance in discovering tennis and then starting to watch it more often.

I started following tennis rather late in life, around the mid 80s, but then lost interest in the mid-90s, boring serve freaks and clay-only specialists, not many atractive personalities. I returned after discovering there was a young hopeful in my own little island and got hooked up ever since (well, Moya is also from Mallorca -outstanding performance for such a small place, 2 nr1 in just a decade, bigger islands like Britain and Australia should take notice, jeje-, but somehow I never followed him much).

That's quite some distance in discovering tennis and then starting to watch it more often.

Yeah true. I used to be more passionated about football back then than tennis when i was a teenager. In the 90s I was the typical casual fan, i didn't support any player in particular, but I watched grand slams and followed the rankings. I guess Sampras killed any interest I had in tennis for a while. Afterwards with internet it was easier to be informed and up to date with the tour and i took my interest to another level. With Nadal, Federer and Djokovic I became a true fan.